Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, 89, to become a father for the fourth time with wife Fabiana Flosi

The funeral of Pope John Paul II was held on 8 April 2005, six days after his death on 2 April. The funeral was followed by the novemdiales devotional in which the Catholic Church observes nine days of mourning.

Confirmed global coronavirus cases pass one million, after doubling in less than a week

Newcastle Falcons' promotion back to the Premiership has been confirmed.

The Rugby Football Union said on Thursday the Championship table would be decided by a "best playing record formula", with Falcons having won all 15 of their league games in 2019-20.

Yorkshire's relegation has also been confirmed after the season ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic

Tony Lewis, the mathematician and statistician who co-devised what became known as the Duckworth-Lewis method for settling weather-affected limited-overs matches, has died at the age of 78.

Lewis and fellow academic Frank Duckworth came together to produce a fairer method of settling such games than the controversial system which had been used at the 1992 World Cup.

Their new system was first used in 1997 for a Zimbabwe v England game, and officially adopted by the International Cricket Council in 1999.

Duckworth-Lewis calculates targets based on the batting team's remaining resources - wickets in hand, and overs in hand - via mathematical formulae.

saw this on the BBC news page, it shows how online gaming can be a good thing at times. I play World of Warcraft and totally enjoy it.... its pure escapism, but during this Corona catastrophe WORLDWIDE it does kinda help


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The government will cover the losses of bus companies in England over the next three months to ensure that services can still run.

The UK's bus industry says passenger numbers have "fallen off a cliff" since the government advised people against all non-essential travel.

That caused bus firms to cut services.

But a new £167m fund will ensure that bus companies can cover their costs on essential services so that key workers, like NHS staff, can get to work.

The restart date for the Premier League will be pushed back on Friday.

All 20 Premier League clubs will meet via video and it is accepted by all that there is no hope of professional games being played immediately after the current 30 April deadline.

The Premier League could shift the date back into May or opt to follow Spain and France, who have shut down their leagues for an indefinite period.

Italy have talked of Serie A returning in late May, but that seems optimistic.

Pushing the date back would allow Premier League clubs the chance to offer their stadiums and medical staff to the National Health Service, knowing they would not be required in the short term.

That would at least correct some of the negative publicity that has accompanied news that four clubs, including Tottenham, are already using the government's furlough scheme to compensate laid-off workers by up to £2,500-a-month, despite their players and manager Jose Mourinho, some of whom earn in excess of £100,000-a-week, remaining on full pay.

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Premier League footballers should "take a pay cut and play their part" during the coronavirus pandemic, says health secretary Matt Hancock.

Some clubs have furloughed non-playing staff but not looked at players' wages.

"Given the sacrifices many people are making, the first thing PL footballers can do is make a contribution," he said at the daily government briefing.

The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) said "players will have to share the financial burden".

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People across the UK have taken part in a second "Clap for Carers" tribute, saluting NHS staff and other key workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

Delivery drivers, supermarket staff, care workers and bin collectors were among those honoured by the nation.

Macaé is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital.

While the city holds various public and private schools for primary and secondary education, there are limited options at the university level. The institutions of higher education focus mainly on trade labor and industry-related technical training. Fundação Getúlio Vargas, a renowned Brazilian institution of higher education holds a satellite campus in Macaé, offering degrees in business management, economics, law and social sciences.

Chicola is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Claúdio Chicola (born 1999), Angolan handball player
Philip T. Chicola (born 1946), American diplomat

The 18 countries without Covid-19
Comoros; Kiribati; Lesotho; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; Nauru; North Korea; Palau; Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Solomon Islands; South Sudan; Tajikistan; Tonga; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Vanuatu, Yemen.